CVE-2018-19591 (GCVE-0-2018-19591)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-12-04 16:00 – Updated: 2025-12-03 19:13
VLAI?
Summary
In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.28, attempting to resolve a crafted hostname via getaddrinfo() leads to the allocation of a socket descriptor that is not closed. This is related to the if_nametoindex() function.
Severity ?
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
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